1925 Winchester M!2 Tournament Grade

[Cold Spring]

Not a vintage double but a 99 year old Model 12 Tournament Grade 12g pump gun, pretty much original except for the replacement buttstock with about 2-3/8” drop vs. its original high Trap comb. Nickel Steel, 32" barrel and solid rib. She made her sporting clays debut with 100 birds today and came in second in our group of 7 shooters against two Perazzis, three Beretta competition gas guns and a Browning o/u. If I do my part, that Full choke and 7/8 ounce of 7-1/2's will do anything on the course.
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[Researcher]

The Tournament Grade from the 1925 Winchester catalog --

1925 Catalog pg 42 Tournament Grade.jpg

[Cold Spring]

Thank you Dave for posting that catalog cut. Dave Riffle in his Model 12 book states that the Tournament Grade was also available with 26", 28" and 32" barrels on request and at no additional charge.

Love her early/small Trap style forend and that looooong sighting plane: 32” + almost 4” over the top of the receiver = about 36”.

[James L. Martin]

Frank, Great looking wood on your gun. They shoot great with those long barrels, here's my Tournament 32" solid rib

[William Woods]

Who did the stock work Mr. Frank?

[Cold Spring]

Sorry William, I don’t know. The buttstock already on the Winny when I bought her.
Incidentally the stock does have a WRA grip cap although its wrist checkering doesn’t match the later factory A or B patterns shown in Riffle’s book.

[Stan Hillis]

That's a beauty, Frank. I would love to shoot one like it. Thanks for posting the pics and, GOOD SHOOTING!

[Stan Hillis]

Originally Posted by Harry Gietler

Hello Frank, my 16ga. 32in. barrel Riverside single shot , will do anything on the course if I do my part. And I do pretty well with it.
This gun was my Dad's gun, He said it costed $5 when He was around 16 years old.

Harry

I'd sure like to see you kill true pairs with it. Actually, even a report pair would be a challenge, with a single shot without an ejector.

[Researcher]

Back in my college days I witnessed two shooters at the old Seattle Skeet & Trap Club at Redmond, Washington, shooting doubles at station 2 on a skeet field with their Ithaca SBTs. They were successful about 50% of the tries.